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 “Awesome,” Georgetown junior forward Jaelyn Knight said earlier in the week after learning that she had been named to the 40-player Class 5A All-State Basketball Team selected by the Texas Girls Coaches Association.   “We are very proud of the job Jaelyn did on the court for […]

Seven Georgetown Lady Eagles were named to the All-District 19-5A girls basketball team as selected by the district’s nine head coaches, including senior guard Maddie Vickers, who was named the alignment’s Devensive Player of the Year.    GHS sophomore forward McCall Hampton shared the Newcomer of the […]

By GALEN WELLNICKI   With no returning starters on the roster when the season started, there was talk around Central Texas that this might be the campaign in which the Rhonda Farney’s Georgetown Lady Eagles’ string of consecutive  playoff appearances would end at 27.     It was […]

After falling behind 10-1 in the first four minutes and 22 seconds of Thursday night’s area-round playoff game with eighth-ranked Temple at Harker Heights, the Georgetown Lady Eagles grabbed the momentum in the second quarter and trailed the favored Tem-Cats, 18-16, at the half.   But Temple refueled its […]

 Georgetown’s Lady Eagles and Temple’s Tem-Cats relegated a couple villes — Huntsville and Jacksonville, respectively — to the Class 5A bi-district pit of misery on Monday night. For the Lady Hornets and Maidens, the only dilly, dilly were the pickles at the concession stand.    Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Harker […]

Georgetown, a team that proved to be somewhat of a surprise itself, will face the surprise team of District 20-5A in a Class 5A bi-district game at 7 p.m. Monday at Hearne High School, a familiar playoff setting for the Lady Eagles.   Both teams enter the first of seven […]

Georgetown and Huntsville, a pair of teams with 23-9 season records, will collide in the bi-district round of the 128-team Class 5A girls basketball playoffs at 7 p.m. Monday, in the Hearne High School Gym.   Coach Rhonda Farney’s Lady Eagles, making their 28th consecutive appearance in the state […]

  If Georgetown and Rouse take care of business — as expected Tuesday night — the Lady Eagles and Raiders will end the regulatr District 19-5A season deadlocked for second place at 13-3.    Georgetown, coming off possibly its most disappointing performance of the year in a 36-23 loss […]

 The Georgetown Lady Eagles will be surrounded by old faces during the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 basketball seasons in District 18-5A as the University Interscholastic League announced its realignment for the next two school years on Thursday.   Coach Rhonda Farney’s crew will be joined by cross-town rival East […]

After putting a major dent in Rouse’s Family Night celebration with a 48-33 victory on Tuesday, the Georgetown Lady Eagles will try to hold on to second place in the 19-5A race when they face front-running Cedar Park at 7 p.m. Friday at Eagle Gym.   Going into the final two […]